Voice of smallholders farmers: Achievements and success factors for

smallholders farmers

World Vision International Experience in Uganda

Improving and promoting smallholders farmers

Presenter: Dr. Sisay Sinamo, Nutrition Advisor, WVI EAROKampala, Uganda

November 29, 2015

Background • World Vision aims to achieve sustained well-being of children

within families and communities, especially the most vulnerable children

• World Vision work with communities, governments and partners in 26 countries through its three regional offices:  • East Africa (9 countries): Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,

Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda• Southern Africa (10 countries): Angola, DRC, CAR, Lesotho, Malawi,

Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe• West Africa (7 countries): Chad, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,

Senegal, Sierra Leone,

• WV approach for food and nutrition security is multi year integrated area development program

World Vision Reach and Funding in Africa - World Vision is serving over 18 million children and their families

across Africa through 600 long term projects and 151 short term programs on • Health and Nutrition • Resilience and Livelihood • Education • Water supply and sanitation • Humanitarian emergency • Cross cutting themes

• Out of the total global income of US$2.7 billion in 2013, World Vision International has funded projects with over US$1.06 billion is in Africa

These are the sectors where WV promote indigenous foods

Nutrition Framework & Interventions

• World Vision Uganda implements USAID funded biofortification project called Developing and Delivering Bio-fortified Crops in Uganda (DDBC) in partnership with Harvest Plus.

• The project aims to reduce micronutrient malnutrition and improve dietary intakes of vitamin A and Iron among women and children

• The project focuses on increasing production and consumption of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (for Vitamin A) and high iron bean.

Improving quality of food

The major achievements so far were: 1. Established a capacity in biofortification

programming2. Developed package of interventions 3. Built the capacity of farmers, especially

women, to sustain access to planting materials and seeds even in extended drought periods

4. Created a strong farmers to farmers mentorship strategy that allows rapid knowledge transfer and innovations

• The four critical success factors for the project were: demand creation, seed systems, and market and product development and strong follow up, monitoring and reporting. OSFP and beans are among the staple foods in the project area.

Improving quality of food

Package of Interventions 1. Value and demand creation for the importance of the crops 2. Farmers training on agronomic techniques followed by planting materials

provision 3. Training of community resource persons 4. Farmers active participation in crops field testing 5. Implementation of payback system 6. Feeding practice promotion 7. Establishment of community seed systems 8. Strong follow up, monitoring and reporting 9. Market linkage and product development 10.Phased and Progressive Scale up (One Season One Village)

Active engagement in the district and sub-county nutrition coordination committee and review meetings

• The aims to reach 105,000 smallholder farmers/households (35,000 directly and 70,000 indirectly through payback) in four districts where World Vision Uganda is operating the project.

Smallholder Farmers

Omondi’s Homestead 2012

I was once a very poor man who could not finish 6th grade and living with my mother without a job

Omondi’s garden

Started producing OSFP in 2012 with a loan of 120 vines from his mother (Ms Adokorach Angela) who benefited from World Vision program.

I expanded from few plots to 1.2 ha of sweet potato farm and now to 4.5 hectare.

Omondi’s Green house

Multiplication of vines at home

Varieties of Vines /cultivars (from Harvest plus) for Scaled up by World vision Farmer groups

He produces six varieties Kakamega, Vita, Kabode, Naspot12, Naspot13, and Ejumula varieties.

800 bags in one year.

Orange Flesh Sweet potatoes

With farmers in my village we established the association in 2014 and also wrote our constitution;

Peter Omondi and his folks formed an association

I built a house which I have named OSFP house

I has been able to formalize Marriage with my wife, a lady I had spent 20 years with

Perpetua’s Story

Garden of Perpetua

Reality of dietary diversity in rural low income households

Adult meals

We have been able to incorporate the Vitamin A sweet potatoes and High Iron beans that has enhanced the health of my children

Perpetua feeding children

We have been able to incorporate the Vitamin A sweet potatoes and High Iron beans that has enhanced the health of my children

Women Groups Participate in preparing food for young Children

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